Maiden'S Folly

Maiden's Folly is a house built in the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of orange brick in English garden wall bond and features a pantile roof. The house has a lobby-entry plan and stands two storeys high, with a two-storey rear outshut and four first-floor windows. The entrance is marked by an early 19th-century six-panel door with an overlight, set within a doorcase that has reeded engaged columns, a frieze, and a cornice.

The ground floor has tripartite casement windows, while the first floor has double casements. The ground-floor windows are topped with flat, gauged-brick arches, and the first-floor windows feature flat header-brick arches, with all but the one above the door set in narrowed openings. There is a first-floor band, stepped and cogged eaves, brick kneelers, cemented brick coping, and a swept roof. The house has an offset lateral stack to the right and a ridge stack. At the rear, there are two side-sliding sash windows. A 20th-century extension is noted but is not of interest.

Inside, there is an early 19th-century dog-leg, open-string staircase with wave moulding, geometric-patterned iron balusters, and a turned wooden handrail.